From C to Z
Zoe Brand, Untitled, 2015, aluminium
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Map reference number: 18
1/100 Railway Place
1/100 Railway Place, West Melbourne 27–30 August
Mon–Wed 3–6pm, Sun 5.30–7.30pm Opening: Sun 27 August, 5.30–7.30pm
Artist/s: Zoe Brand & Claire McArdle
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No work is created in a vacuum. The world influences and inspires. Is our connectedness shrinking or expanding our relationship to things? When is a work said to be original or a copy? By taking a thought experiment and making it real, each artist will present a piece created from the concept of the blank slate. These two pieces will then form the basis for a series of work created from the other's initial piece, McArdle from Brand's and vice versa. The series will be an investigation based on the other artists' practice, techniques, materials and conceptualisation. Starting out as a copy of the original, each piece will then be informed by the last as we see the influence of the initial work fade and transform into the artist own work. How long does it take to get from C to Z and back?
About the Artist
Claire McArdle has held ten solo exhibitions including three this year, two overseas in Estonia and Germany and her exhibition Up North which travelled to Gray Street Workshop, Adelaide and The Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat. Her work has been exhibited in Thailand, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Germany, France, Estonia, Austria and The Netherlands. She has undertaken residencies in Australia, Mexico, Iceland and Estonia. She won first prize at Contemporary Wearables '13 and the National Contemporary Jewellery Award in 2016. She curated an exhibition of 31 Australian and Estonian artists, presented in Melbourne and Tallinn. She is Co-Director of Radiant Pavilion.
Zoe Brand left the Sunshine State bound for Sydney in 2004. Here she completed an Advanced Diploma in Jewellery and Object Design, worked in galleries, made jewellery, curated shows and wrote words. She has recently completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in Gold and Silversmithing with First Class Honours at the Australian National University. She has exhibited in many group shows in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Estonia and her work is held in a number of significant private collections. Brand is also the Director of the Personal Space Project, a gallery located in her bedroom.
Claire McArdle has held ten solo exhibitions including three this year, two overseas in Estonia and Germany and her exhibition Up North which travelled to Gray Street Workshop, Adelaide and The Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat. Her work has been exhibited in Thailand, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Germany, France, Estonia, Austria and The Netherlands. She has undertaken residencies in Australia, Mexico, Iceland and Estonia. She won first prize at Contemporary Wearables '13 and the National Contemporary Jewellery Award in 2016. She curated an exhibition of 31 Australian and Estonian artists, presented in Melbourne and Tallinn. She is Co-Director of Radiant Pavilion.
Zoe Brand left the Sunshine State bound for Sydney in 2004. Here she completed an Advanced Diploma in Jewellery and Object Design, worked in galleries, made jewellery, curated shows and wrote words. She has recently completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in Gold and Silversmithing with First Class Honours at the Australian National University. She has exhibited in many group shows in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Estonia and her work is held in a number of significant private collections. Brand is also the Director of the Personal Space Project, a gallery located in her bedroom.
